Website review: Guide To Bee-Friendly Gardens - Hom...
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xineann discovered 7 weeks ago
Plant a Bee Friendly Garden For thousands of years, humans have known the value of bees in agriculture. As the most effective pollinators in the world, bees are an invaluable resource to ag productivity. Anybody who's driven past an orchard has seen the dozens of white wooden boxes containing the farmer's most valuable tool. Though we've known the power of bees in our agriculture for centuries, we are just beginning to realize their power in our humble residential gardens. Just as they are used to dramatically increase fruit and vegetable production, these seemingly insignificant little creatures can be used to dramatically bolster the health and productivity of your home garden. You need only do a few simple things to enlist the help of bees in your pursuit of a more beautiful and healthy garden; This website was created to let you in on these simple secrets. Native bees are different from the honeybee you are familiar with. They do not live in hives and do not produce honey but they have equally important roles in gardens and natural ecosystems. The majority of native bees live a solitary lifestyle. After mating, female bees being the task of building and provisioning their nest. They make their nests by digging out sandy soils or by lining pre-existing cavities with leaves or flower petals. Once the nest cavity is complete the female bee will make multiple foraging trips, collecting pollen and some nectar. When enough of a food source has been collected she will lay a single egg and seal the chamber. The eggs are left to hatch and develop without any parental care. A female bee will make many nests in her lifetime, but will die before any of her offspring hatch. Make your garden a bee mecca
- purringprincess rated 6 weeks ago
- Thank you, Xineann !!
